Computer modeling of the spatial resolution properties of a dedicated breast CT system

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2059-2069

  Yang, Kai ^a,b   Kwan, Alexander L C ^a   Boone, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computer simulation; Cone beam CT; Image quality; MTF; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

BREAST CANCER; CONE-BEAM CT; INTRINSIC RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SPATIAL DEPENDENCIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 34447301819     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2737263     Document Type: Article

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